| Gråt inga tårar | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Thorleifs |
| Album: | Gråt inga tårar |
| A-Side: | "Gråt inga tårar" |
| B-Side: | "Jag är så gla' |
| Released: | 1974 |
| Genre: | dansband music |
| Label: | Platina |
| Chronology: | Thorleifs |
| Prev Title: | "En dag i juni" ("Safe in My Garden")/"En äkta rock'n roll"' |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | "Skänk mig dina tankar"/"Lorna"' |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
"Gråt inga tårar" is a song written by Åke Hallgren in the dansband Pippis from Hede, and recorded and a released a single by several dansbands in 1974, including Pippis, Dannys and Thorleifs. Pippis also recorded the song on the 1975 album Ordning på torpet.[1]
Thorleifs, who used "Jag är så gla'" as a B-side, released the song as a 1974 single, only available for members in the Thorleifs fan club[2] scoring a Svensktoppen hit for 11 weeks during the period of 11 March-4 May 1975 peaking at third position.[3] The single sold platina and also gave the name to the band 's 1975 album Gråt inga tårar.[4] The song was also recorded in Danish, as "Græd ingen tårer".[5]
In the year 2000, Swedish radio program I afton dans in Sveriges Radio P4 held a voting where the song was appointed "Dansband song of the 20th century ".[6] The song has also been appointed "dansband hit song of all times".[7]
In 2006 Thorleifs participated at Sveriges Television's "Musikministeriet" recording "Gråt inga tårar" together with Balkan band Süperstar Orkestar from the Republic of Macedonia. During a test to combine Balkan music with dansband music, the song was re-arranged from major scale to minor scale, creating the original concept of "Dansband-Balkan music".[8] Süperstar Orkestar also recorded the song for the 2008 album Balkanized.[9]